Last Updated: Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:12:32 AM
Indian Lake Central School students had a great day at the 20th Annual High School Business Day at SUNY Adirondack Community College in Queensbury May 7, where they were among about 300 students from 12 school districts participating in various computer and business competitions. Robert and Dominick Miller came in third in the computer network cable making competition to bring home certificates and a trophy. "We have been preparing for the computer competition through a new course offered at ILC ...
Last Updated: Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:06:29 AM
INDIAN LAKE - Indian Lake Central School has announced the third-quarter honor roll for the 2012-13 school year as follows.
HIGH HONORS (92.5 plus)
Grades 3-5: Ruby Lewin, Aidan Atwell, James Zumpano, Shelby Benton, Kristina Oliver.
Grades 6-8: Lauren Johnson, Bryce Hutchins, Macie Smith.
Grades 9-12: Dominick Miller, Cheyenne Wilder, Shannon Farrell, Andrea Brown, Robert Miller, Abigail Darling, Colin Farrell, Jessica Bain, Colleen Pine, Chelsea Walters, Taylor Wells, Morgan King, Emma Gray, Sy ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:09:39 AM
HFM BOCES’ concept for an apprenticeship program for the 21st century has been approved by the New York State Education Department. The four-year program is being developed in collaboration with area businesses through the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce. Participating students will gain contemporary job-readiness skills while completing the requirements for a high school Regents diploma.
HFM BOCES District Superintendent Dr. Patrick Michel said “The majority of today& ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:25:12 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
INDIAN LAKE — For years there has not been a policy at Indian Lake Central School concerning the age or school enrollment status of a prom date. When the Board of Education met Thursday, March 21, it became a hot topic for two reasons.
First, the BOE had before it a recommendation from the Shared Decision Making Committee to restrict prom attendees to those currently in school, excluding those who have graduated.
The suggestion came under fire because curr ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:46:41 AM
Long Lake Central School
Long Lake Central School has announced its second quarter Honor Roll for the 2012-2013 school year.
HIGH HONORS: Alex Signell, James Gocke, Peter Gocke, Karmen Howe, Chandler Seaman-O’Brien, Lillian Dechene, Leif Roalsvig, Ethan Bush, Henry Sandiford, Curtis Seaman, Shaneka Burch, Ranya Hamdan, Prudence Dechene, Emily Gagnier, Jill Miller and Margaret Smith.
HONORS: Abbie Roalsvig, Olivia Penrose, Maria Black, Catherine Clark, Calvin Seaman, Emma Gocke, Austin Pi ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:37:20 AM
Indian Lake Central School
INDIAN LAKE - Indian Lake Central School has announced the honor rolls for the second quarter of the 2012-13 school year. To achieve high honors a student must achieve an average of at least 92.5. For honors an average of 87.5 to 92.4 is required.
HIGH HONORS
Grades 3-5: Bradley Harvey, Ruby Lewin, James Zumpano and Natalie Puterko.
Grades 6-8: Lauren Johnson, Benjamin King, Thomas Ross, Macie Smith and Bryce Hutchins.
Grades 9-12: Dominick Miller, Cheyenne Wilder, S ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:35:51 AM
MURPHY L. FARRELL of Indian Lake has been named to the Fall 2012 Dean’s List at SUNY Canton.
To receive Dean’s List honors full-time students must receive a GPA of at least 3.25.
Farrell is a Health Science Career Studies major. She is a 2011 graduate of Indian Lake Central School.
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:35:52 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
LONG LAKE - The draft Long Lake Central School District budget for 2013/14 shows 2.5 percent more spending but a 4.217 percent jump in the tax levy, thanks to a 13.5 percent decrease in revenues.
The Board of Education held a public hearing on the draft budget Thursday, Feb. 14. It shows $3,996,613 in appropriations, up $96,462 or 2.5 percent from this year’s $3.9 million. The 2011/12 budget was $3.97 million.
Subtracting projected revenues leaves $2.8 mil ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:24:20 AM
PISECO - Piseco Common School District is saving over $500 a month on health insurance premiums.
The Board of Education has switched health insurance plans for the district’s four retirees. That move changed the premium from $750 to $212 per month.
Transportation Director John Rajca has recommended purchasing an external antenna for the building to improve two-way radio communication with the school buses. Currently it is often necessary to go outside and use one of the bus radios to conta ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 8:28:36 AM
HANNAH WEIDNER of Cold Brook was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2012 semester at Alfred University.
Weidner is a senior in the School of Art and Design. Students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average to qualify for Dean’s List.
A graduate of Poland Central School, Weidner is the daughter of Ralph and Carol Weidner.
U.S. News and World Report ranks Alfred University as one of the top regional universities in the Northeast.
IRENE SZAREK of Cold Brook has been named to th ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:35:12 AM
ANDREA FREY of Inlet has been named to the Fall 2012 Dean’s List at Nazareth College in Rochester.
Frey is a freshman studying Occupational Science.
A student’s grade point average must be at least 3.5 or above, and s/he must complete 12 credit hours of graded work that semester in order to be included on the dean’s list.
Founded in 1924, Nazareth College offers academic programs in the liberal arts and sciences and professional programs in health and human services, education, ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:18:55 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
LONG LAKE–Having a healthy planet Earth might very well rest with those who aren't not yet old enough to vote.
This was the essence of a presentation made in the Long Lake Central School gym on Monday morning, Jan. 14, by Brian Stilwell, an educator from the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) who was joined by Jen Kretser, Director of Programs from The Wild Center/Adirondack Youth Climate Summit who sponsored the event.
Stilwell began by stating, “ ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 8:17:49 AM
Garrett Leblanc of Indian Lake has been named to the Fall 2012 Dean’s List at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I. Garrett is majoring in Marine Biology.
Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a GPA of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean’s List that semester.
AURORA BURGESS of Indian Lake has earned High Honors for the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year at the University of New Hampshire.
Highest Honors are awarded to students who e ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:29:21 AM
Five area students have been named to the Dean’s List at Herkimer County Community College for the fall 2012 semester for earning grade point averages from 3.25 to 3.8.
Three are from Cold Brook: Cassandra Marie Austin is majoring in Business: Small Business Management; Melissa Sheri Krull is a Radio-Television Broadcasting major; and Debbie Marie Taylor is a Medical Coding / Transcrip-tionist Certificate major.
Jennifer Eileen Ormiston of Caroga Lake is an Emergency Medical Technician-Par ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:08:07 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
INDIAN LAKE - It’s a good idea to toot your own horn every once in a while. This is exactly what happened when Indian Lake Central School Parent-Teacher-Student Organization President John Boya addressed the Board of Education Tuesday, Jan. 15.
“The PTSO is on its eighth year of operation for the 2012/13 school year. Since we are an official school organization and we haven’t given you a review of what we’ve accomplished since 2006, we th ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:07:07 AM
NICOLE BLANCHARD of Indian Lake has been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2012 semester at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Her major is Art Studio.
To achieve the Dean’s List a student must have satisfactorily completed 12 numerically graded semester hours with a grade point average of between 3.25 and 3.49 in the given semester.
ZAKARI LEBLANC of Indian Lake has been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2012 semester at SUNY Adirondack in Queensbury.
Recipi ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:00:00 AM
By CAITLIN STEWART
For the Express
LAKE PLEASANT - Second and third graders of Lake Pleasant Public Library’s after school program flapped and tweeted their way through the Great Migratory Challenge Nov. 6, presented by the Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District.
Fourteen students discovered that birds in their hometown, such as belted kingfishers, common loons, great blue herons and osprey, migrate for food and nesting ground resources.
SWCD Educator Caitlin Stewart explain ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 8:42:14 AM
Indian Lake Central School students really care about animals. They recently collected donations of animal supplies for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Upstate New York in Queensbury for the fourth straight year. This year’s drive was a huge success.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 8:42:22 AM
The Wells Central School Christmas Program Friday, Dec. 14, was literally standing room only as townspeople turned out in force for the seasonal entertainment. RIGHT: The Senior Chorus includes students in grades seven through 12. BELOW: First- through third-graders visit Rudy’s Place.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 8:37:36 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
LONG LAKE - The Annual Professional Perform-ance Review Plan at Long Lake Central School will soon go into effect.
Superintendent Mary Jo Dickerson told the Board of Education Thursday, Dec. 13, that the state Education Department has approved the plan for the 2012/13 school year.
The letter from SED Commissioner John B. King Jr. concludes with, “I look forward to continuing our work together with the goal of ensuring that every school has world-class educ ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:12:50 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
LONG LAKE - An anonymous donor gave over $3,000 to Long Lake Central School for Associated Solo Artists Inc. to perform and hold workshops Nov. 6 and 7 for students at Long Lake, Indian Lake and Newcomb central schools.
Elementary students participated in Music for the Imagination and Broadway and Carnegie Hall performances at Indian Lake Theater. Interactive workshops introduced them to the influences of American musical culture, providing a better understandin ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:50:49 AM
Indian Lake Central
INDIAN LAKE - Indian Lake Central School District has announced the honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2012/13 school year as follows.
A student must attain at least a 92.5 academic average to achieve High Honors and between 87.5 and 92.5 for Honors.
HIGH HONORS
Grades 3-5 — Bradley Harvey, Ruby Lewin, James Zumpano and Alexandrea Campbell.
Grades 6-8 — Lauren Johnson.
Grades 9-12 — Dominick Miller, Benjamin Hinckley, Cheyenne Wilder, Shannon Farrell, ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:33:17 AM
By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor
WELLS - Wells Central School may keep its distance learning lab after all.
After further research, Superintendent Thomas Sincavage told the Board of Education Nov. 20, it became apparent there is more to that issue than it first appeared.
Eliminating DL would mean eliminating the broadband T-1 telecommunication line that supplies the school’s Internet service, and it could also affect other Hamilton County schools.
Rather than eliminating DL, it is now t ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 8:36:32 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
INDIAN LAKE - Certified Public Accountant Lawrence J. Ringer, Glens Falls, warned the Indian Lake Central School District Board of Education, “The 2 percent tax cap is dangerous,” and explained why when he met with the trustees Nov. 27.
Ringer was there to review his audit of the district’s finances, and gave it high marks for budget and financial practices.
He said the 2011/12 budget was accurate on expenditures and added, “Internal con ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 7:45:14 AM
Long Lake Central
LONG LAKE - Long Lake Central School has announced the First Quarter Honor Roll for the 2012-2013 school year as follows.
HIGH HONORS
(89.5 plus)
Abbie Roalsvig, Alex Signell, James Gocke, Peter Gocke, Karmen Howe, Chandler Seaman-O’Brien, Lillian Dechene, Leif Roalsvig, Ethan Bush, Henry Sandiford, Curtis Seaman, Shaneka Burch, Ranya Hamdan, Prudence Dechene, Emily Gagnier, Jill Miller, Margaret Smith and Emily Waters.
HONORS
(84.5-89.4)
Olivia Penrose, Madison Tal ...
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